Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 11:48:07 +0200 From: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Questions and *little* bugs in new vt(9) Message-ID: <536CA457.4020805@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2AkmxgAXRA5CUZm0Y=KGvJ=O%2BiMP2iA%2BBaazVhmGzhGFg@mail.gmail.com> References: <536B3D47.2070601@gmail.com> <CAPyFy2AkmxgAXRA5CUZm0Y=KGvJ=O%2BiMP2iA%2BBaazVhmGzhGFg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 08/05/2014 17:09, Ed Maste wrote: > On 8 May 2014 04:16, David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I'm currently trying vt(9) on a CURRENT kernel (only the kernel not the >> base). I have very small bugs, not really serious. I'm currently using the >> radeon KMS driver. >> >> * When I switch from a tty to X I can see the mouse appearing but the tty is >> still displayed until I move the mouse. Or until I wait something like 3 >> seconds. It sounds like a small refresh trouble. > Interesting. On my stable/9 desktop with i915kms I can't reproduce > this; after switching back to X the previous display is restored, and > then a redraw happens, within a few hundred mS. I do see it on my > laptop, which also has i915kms but newer software (recent CURRENT, and > newer xorg packages). I'll see if I can gather more information at > BSDCan next week. Funny, I can't reproduce the bug neither. I've removed some parts from my xorg.conf, maybe the problem came from here. >> * When I don't use the native resolution (i.e the radeon firmwares are not >> loaded) switching from a tty to another results sometimes in a black screen >> when only some colors are displayed. This does not seems to appear when the >> native resolution is set. > Can you describe the corruption in some more detail, or share a > picture of it? I haven't observed something like this with stock vt, > and the vt_vga driver. Yes, I've recorded a video [1]. Please note again that I can reproduce this bug only when I don't have any firmware loaded / KMS enabled. I just boot with stock vt and vt_vga enabled. In the video I've successfully reproduced the bug two times by switching ttys at around 0:25 when you can see just the cursor shown and also at 0:40 where you can see some garbage colors which came from vim. You can also notice that sometimes switching from one to other displays some artifacts until it is refreshed. >> And some questions: >> >> * Will you add support for dead keys? I have a UK keyboard and when I want >> to write french characters like à ô ê I usually press the ` character then >> a. > This isn't currently planned, but I'll keep it in mind if I look into > future work on the keyboard input path. I hope for :-). [1] http://www.demelierdavid.fr/files/vt.mp4 Regards, David.
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